Ps 137

1 Alex. omits For David, a Psalm of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion. 2 We hung our Gr. organs, or, instruments harps on the willows in the midst of it. 3 For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away asked a hymn, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How should we sing the Lord’s song Gr. on in a strange land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy. 7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Gr. empty, empty Rase it, rase it, even to its foundations. 8 Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed shall he be who shall reward you as you have rewarded us. 9 Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock.